Has Europe forgotten about Ukraine? Andrew WilsonReform and resistance: Ukraine’s selective state Balazs JarabikThe role of a superpower in the post-Cold War world Nika SikharulidzeI come from Belarus Stsiapan StureikaRussia’s troubled European identity Igor GretskiyHow should the West respond to Russian repressions? Alexey KozlovRussian youth: In the middle of nowhere Alexey GorbachevIn search of its place in the world Maciej RaśThe roots of Russia’s neo-Eurasianism Maksym BeznosiukPolish-Russian relations. Can they get any worse? Justyna PrusThe Suwałki Corridor Mariusz MaszkiewiczMoldova’s great disillusionment Mihai Popșoi A playground between the East and West Interview with Oazu NantoiBooming Romania in a hurdle race Paweł ŚliwińskiImperfect literature An interview with Radosława Janowska-LascarGazprom gambles on Germany Sijbren de JongA Balkan game of poker Ida OrzechowskaUkrainians in Poland: In pursuit of a better life? Joanna FominaThe complicated story of Belarusian opposition Bartosz Rutkowski, Marcin Rychły and Maciej Zaniewicz

INTERVIEWS

We have to start from scratch A conversation with Hanna HopkoEverything is normal, but at the same time, completely mad A conversation with Peter Pomerantsev

REPORTS

With a view over the abyss Daniel Wańczyk

HISTORY AND MEMORY

Babi Yar: A site of massacres, (dis)remembrance and instrumentalisation Yuri Radchenko

Turning away from the horrible past Kinga Anna Gajda

PEOPLE, IDEAS, INSPIRATION

A writer of the common people Elżbieta Żak

EASTERN CAFÉ – Books and Reviews

On the mentality of Soviet diplomats: The case of Ivan Maisky Łukasz JasinaThe perversion of soft power Adam ReichardtThe inception of fanaticism Dominik Wilczewski

Issue 1 2019: Public intellecturals

Issue 6/2018: 1918. The year of independence

In the eastern parts of the European continent, 1918 is remembered not only as the end of the First World War, but also saw the emergence of newly-independent states and the rise of geopolitical struggles which are felt until this day.

Issue 3-4/2018: Para-states. Life beyond geopolitics

Issue 2/2018: The many faces of Putin

Vladimir Putin is set to win a fourth term as president of the Russian Federation. The March-April 2018 issue takes a deeper look at the consequences of Putin’s presidency and what could eventually come after…

Issue 1/2018: The growing generation gap

Issue 6 2017: Central Asia. The forgotten region?

Central Asia is an ethnically, geographically and culturally diverse region, covering a similar land mass as the European Union. Yet, it remains one of the least familiar to the general public in the West.

Issue 5 2017: Homo Post-Sovieticus

Issue 3-4 2017: The Balkan Carousel

“The price of Europeanising the Balkans is much higher than the price of the Balkanisation of Europe,” claims Zagreb-based writer Miljenko Jergović in the opening essay to this issue of New Eastern Europe.